Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 14:08:06 -0700 From: Sandy Rutherford <sandy@krvarr.bc.ca> To: David <freebsd-questions@gv.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: long ftp dir listings Message-ID: <17212.22454.276014.370499@szamoca.krvarr.bc.ca> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.20050929092731.013ef6b0@gv.net> References: <3.0.5.32.20050929092731.013ef6b0@gv.net>
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>>>>> On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 09:27:31 -0700, >>>>> David <freebsd-questions@gv.net> said: > I am often annoyed trying to get a long directory listing from my unix box > while ftp'ing somewhere. <pause> is hardly useful, since the listing goes > by to quickly. Occasionally, I have found a site that uses |more , but this > is unusual. I often resort to using ftp in Windows DOS mode so I can scroll > up a long listing. Any good methods would be appreciated. If you are an Emacs user, you can use Dired and EFS (or Ange-FTP) to browse FTP listings. Ange-FTP only understands remote unix-style listings. EFS can additionally parse listings from: VMS, CMS, MTS, MVS, ti-twenex, ti-explorer (the last two are lisp machines), TOPS-20, DOS (running the Distinct, Novell, FTP software, NCSA, Microsoft in both unix and DOS mode, Super TCP, and Hellsoft FTP servers), unix descriptive listings (dl), KA9Q, OS/2, VOS, NOS/VE, CMS running the KNET server, Tandem's Guardian OS, COKE, Mac (Running Peter's ftpd) In other words, pretty much anything. Emacs + Dired works fine on a dumb terminal. If you have X running and you would rather avoid Emacs, then search the ports for FTP clients with a GUI. There are a number of them. Sandy
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